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About twitmericks

There is an old fellow called Mick/Who's been penning the odd limerick/I admit he's no Keats/But he does them in tweets/So to follow, you just have to click. https://twitter.com/#!/twitmericks "The limerick master of the twitterati" (The Guardian).

Cabernet Reshuffle?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by twitmericks

That young Mr Cameron feller/ Said as he raided the cellar/ “My glass needs refillin/ Before I sack Gillan/ I need to be pissed when I tell ‘er” ////http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/06/david-cameron-drank-wine-spelman-to-old-reshuffe_n_1861087.html?1346946236

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Juicy Senussi

Posted on September 6, 2012 by twitmericks

Ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi/ Saw stuff only spymasters do see/ So Libyans hope/ He’ll give ’em the dope/ On Gaddafi, which could be quite juicy. ////http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/05/abdullah-al-senussi-libya-secrets

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A Deep-fried Mars a Day…

Posted on September 5, 2012 by twitmericks

The chocolate-makers at Mars/ Improbable healthy food czars/ Have got a bit snippy/ With an Aberdeen chippie/ World famous for deep-frying bars. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19487149

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Reshuffle Kerfuffle

Posted on September 4, 2012 by twitmericks

The news on the #reshuffle front/ Is Health’s gone to Jeremy Hunt/ While Baroness Warsi/ Is out on her arsey/ And Lansley’s been given a shunt. ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-promoted-to-health-secretary-in-cabinet-reshuffle-as-andrew-lansley-becomes-commons-leader-8104308.html

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Osbooooooorne

Posted on September 4, 2012 by twitmericks

Mr Osborne, a government dude/ Is not altogether well viewed/ He went to the Games/ & was shot down in flames/ As thousands of people all booed. ////http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9519271/London-2012-George-Osborne-booed-by-Paralympic-crowd.html

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Sun and Moon Sets

Posted on September 3, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a fellow named Moon/ An old  messianic tycoon/ His first name was Sun/ He said he was The One/ And millions danced to his tune. ////http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19466934

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Pistorius Not Happy & Glorious

Posted on September 3, 2012 by twitmericks

Blade runner Oscar Pistorius/ Annoyed that he wasn’t victorious/ Said it was wrong/ As his blades were too long/ Oliveira was not meritorious. ////http://www.channel4.com/news/blade-runner-blames-unfair-advantage-for-200m-loss

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Scheming and Blaspheming

Posted on September 2, 2012 by twitmericks

A girl was allegedly framed/ By an imam police have now named/ On charges of blasphemy/ This law’s an ass for me/ Pakistan should be ashamed. ////http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19454739

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Tutu Targets Tony

Posted on September 2, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man from Cape Town/ A bishop of Nobel renown/ Who said, to be fair/ Mr Bush & pal Blair/ Should be tried in the Hague & sent down. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/02/tony-blair-iraq-war-desmond-tutu

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Sorry The Hardest Word?

Posted on September 1, 2012 by twitmericks

A firm working in pharmacology/ Which failed to research embryology/ For what its drug did/ To so many a kid/ Belatedly made an apology. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9513532/German-drug-firm-issues-first-apology-to-thalidomide-victims.html

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